†Sphaera whitneyi Meek 1877 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197
Belongs to Sphaera according to F. B. Meek 1877
Sister taxa: Sphaera americanus, Sphaera corrugata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Buena Vista Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in a Bithynian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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